Sic (; ) is a commune in

Cluj County Cluj County () is a county () of Romania, in Transylvania. Its seat is Cluj-Napoca. Name In Hungarian language, Hungarian it is known as ''Kolozs megye''. Under the Kingdom of Hungary, a county with an identical name (Kolozs County, ) existed s ...

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. It is composed of a single village, Sic. A former salt-mining town, the commune is located in the eastern part of the county, in the

Transylvanian Plain The Transylvanian Plain (; , ) is an ethnogeographical area in Transylvania, Romania, located between the Someșul Mare and the Someșul Mic rivers to the north and west and the Mureș River Mureș may refer to: * Mureș County, Romania * Mure ...

, south of

Gherla Gherla (; ; ) is a municipality in Cluj County, Romania (in the historical region of Transylvania). It is located from Cluj-Napoca on the river Someșul Mic, and has a population of 19,873 as of 2021. Three villages are administered by the city: ...

and northeast of the county seat,

Cluj-Napoca Cluj-Napoca ( ; ), or simply Cluj ( , ), is a city in northwestern Romania. It is the second-most populous city in the country and the seat of Cluj County. Geographically, it is roughly equidistant from Bucharest (), Budapest () and Belgrade ( ...

Demography

At the 2011 census, the commune had 2,459 inhabitants; 93.8% were

Hungarians Hungarians, also known as Magyars, are an Ethnicity, ethnic group native to Hungary (), who share a common Culture of Hungary, culture, Hungarian language, language and History of Hungary, history. They also have a notable presence in former pa ...

, 3.6%

Romanians Romanians (, ; dated Endonym and exonym, exonym ''Vlachs'') are a Romance languages, Romance-speaking ethnic group and nation native to Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. Sharing a Culture of Romania, ...

, and 0.4%

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. At the 2002 census, 75% were Hungarian Reformed, 10%

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, 6.6%

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s, and 3.7%

Romanian Orthodox The Romanian Orthodox Church (ROC; , ), or Romanian Patriarchate, is an autocephalous Eastern Orthodox church in full communion with other Eastern Orthodox Christian churches, and one of the nine patriarchates in the Eastern Orthodox Church. S ...

. At the 2021 census, Sic had a population of 2,234; of those, 91,18% were Hungarians, 4.83% Romanians, and 1,3% Roma.

Natives

György Aranka György Aranka (17 September 173711 March 1817) was a Hungarian writer. Biography He was born in Szék (today Sic, Cluj), Szolnok-Doboka County, Principality of Transylvania. His father György Aranka Senior was the bishop of the Transylv ...

(1737–1817), Hungarian writer

Gallery

File:RO CJ Sic.JPG, Reformed church File:RO CJ Biserica manastirii franciscane din Sic (75).JPG, Franciscan monastery church File:Sóvirág Fogadó.jpg, Sóvirág Inn File:RO CJ Sic (6).JPG, House in Sic

References

*''Atlasul localităților județului Cluj'' (Cluj County Localities Atlas), Suncart Publishing House, Cluj-Napoca,

Sic, Cluj Sic (; ) is a commune in Cluj County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of a single village, Sic. A former salt-mining town, the commune is located in the eastern part of the county, in the Transylvanian Plain, south of Gherla and northeas ...

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